THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6.1955 LA Lecturer DR. MORRIS' BISHOP of Cornell University delivers the second of the Liberal Arts Lecture Series last night in 121 Sparks. The talk was attended by a crowd that overflowed into 10 Sparks to listen to the lecture over a radio which was set up by WDFM. campus radio station. Overflow Crowd Hears Bishop Depict Life of French Cynic Count Francois de la Rochefoucauld, 17th century French moralist, who is known as one of the world’s greatest cynics, was revealed as a “romantic idealist with a broken heart” last night by Dr. Morris Bishop, chairman of the department of Romance literature at Cornell University. Speaking to an overflow crowd in the second of the Liberal Arts Lecture Series in 121 Sparks. Dr. Bishop used Rouchefoucald’s famous “max ims” to show that his cynicism was merely the product of ideal ism in youth and an endless ser ies of dissolusions in later years. Between straight biographical material on the man Dr. Bishop wove delightful excerpts telling of the amorous adventures and deep intrigues that took up much of the early life of Rouchefou cauld at the court of Louis XIII. Dr. Bishop began the process of destroying the widely-held idea that Rochefoucauld is a “symbol of cynicism” by telling of his early life as the youngest son of a French nobleman. Roche foucauld, unable to face up his responsibilities, retreated into a “dream world where there was no suffering or pain.” Married at 14, Rochefoucauld’s romance with the French Queen Anne was only the first of a ser ies of romantic escapades involv ing French courtiers that marked the life of a man who was to later write such things as, “The only thing that prevents young lovers from t jcoming bored with being together is the fact that they constantly talk about them selves.” Rochefoulcauld next was car ried through heroic deeds in the Fronde civil wars that hit France in the "middle of the 17th century. When his cohorts enjoyed some mild success however they ne glected to give him the important ‘ position which he felt he deserved, thus another rejection was dealt ' him. Quoting from his book, “The Life and Adventures of La Roche foucauld,” Dr. Bishop, somewhat humorously, narrated the episode which caused Rochefoucauld to be exiled from the French court. His near-assassination of a Card inal not onl> exiled him from the court but, in fact, exiled him from his friends. This sent him into retirement at his country estate and caused him to write, “The thing that keeps us from revealing our hearts to our friends is not their mistrust of us, but our mistrust of ourselves.” When Louis XIV succeeded to the throne Rochefoucauld, no lon ger considered dangerous, was again admitted to the court. It was in these later years that he took to the French salons where he wrote most of his fam ous “maxims” which are often quoted today, in one form or another. Through certain of these max- By MIKE MOYLE ims, or witty reflections on life in general, ' Dr. Bishop showed the fact that, even in his old age, when outwardly very cynical and snarling, he actually retained some of the young romantic. In summing up his statements Dr. Bishop pointed out the fact that Rochefoucauld’s cynicism was not that of a mean, low minded person but gather that of a person forced into cynicism by his own weaknesses. And accord ing to Rochefoucauld, “Weakness is the only defect which cannot be corrected.". Rather than being summaries of an embittered cynic. Dr. Bi shop said that the maxims were “confessions of a romantic ideal ist whose heart has been broken. The heart of a cynic is a broken heart.” Engagements Felton-McDavit Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle N. Mc- Davit of Drexel Hill announce the engagement of their daugh ter, Jane, to Mr. Clinton Felton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Quentin J. Felton of Portsmouth, Va. Miss McDavit was graduated from the University in 1954. She is a member of Phi. Mu. Mr. Felton was graduated from the University of Richmond and is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. They will be married Jan. 28. Rishell-Fiancis Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Francis of Warren announce the engage ment of their daughter Anita to Mr. George Rishell, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rishell of Emporium. Miss Francis is a senior in nurs ing at the University of Penn sylvania Hospital. Mr. Rishell is a senior in physics. ' No date has been set for the wedding. Dejeu-Schmitzer Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Schmitzer of Pittsburgh announce the engagement of their daughter Carole to Mr. Paul DeJeu, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Paul DeJeu of Pottstown. Miss Schmitzer is a senior in arts and letters. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega and Thes pians. Mr. DeJeu is a senior in busi ness management. He is a mem ber of Lambda Chi Alpha, presi dent of .the Society for the Ad vancement of Management, and a member of the Business Ad ministration Student Council THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Frymdn Names ,Crew Heads For Take Ten 1 Eighteen crew chiefs for “Take Ten,” Thespian musical-comedy production, have been named by Louis Fryman, president of Thes pians. They are Robert Urban, adver tising; Joseph C ru d o, business; Michael Rosenfeld, chorus and or chestra; Walt Segl, construction and technical; Norma Weiner, cos tumes; Mary Tassia, dance; Wil liam Landis, house and tryout; Caryl Newitt, lights; Patricia Mc- Lauchlin, make-up; and Roger Vogelsinger, personnel. Arthur Brener, program; Rob ert Hamm el, props; William Frame, stage; Louis Fryman, co ordinator; and Judith Hartman, assistant. . The show was written by Fry man, Rosenfeld, Edwin Grove, and Phillip Wein and has a cen tennial theme. | It will trace the History of the University from its founding to the present, with, each scene de picting a decade. “Extra problems have been caused by the length of time cov ered in the play, but it will still be the most extensively-costumed show Thespians have ever pro duced,” Fryman said. During the finale the Centen nial Homecoming Queen will be crowned. She will be selected from among the five finalists who are Barbara Rinehart, Marilyn Myers, Ruth Kronenwetter, Joyce Koch, and Valerie Fife. Tickets for the show will go on sale at 1:30 Monday at the Hetzel Union desk. Tickets for the Thursday night production will be $1 and Friday and Saturday night tickets will cost $1.25. Hillel Foundation Opens Registration For Jewish Study Registration is now open for courses in Jewish Studies to be given during the fall semester under the sponsorship’of the cul tural committee of Hillel Foun dation. The courses, which are avail able without fee to. students, faculty members and townspeo ple, will be giyen weekly at the Foundation. The hours will be determined by those. who regis ter. Courses will be given in be ginners’, conversational, inter- and advanced Hebrew. There will also be a course on the Bible and lectures and discussions on the English text and its mean ing, beginning with the Book of Exodus. A group in chanting of the service, a folk dancing group, and the Hillel Choir will be organized. Registration is also being taken for a course in Basic Concepts of Judaism, the Great Jewish Phil osophers, and a round table dis cussion. Interested persons may secure registration blanks at the Hillel office, or may call AD 7-2408. Centennial Lore Cowles to Address Centennial Meeting John Cowles, president of the Minneapolis Star and Tri bune Co., will speak in the second plenary session of the Centennial Convocation at 7:45 p.m. Oct. 21 in Schwab Audi torium. Cowles will speak on "The Future Responsibilities of the Land-Grant Institution.” President Milton S. Eisenhower will give the address in the opening plenary session. Other speakers will be Dr. Colgate W. Darden, president of the Univer sity of Virginia: Dr. Clifford C. Furnas, chancellor of the Univer sity of Buffalo; and Dr. Carroll V. Newsom, executive vice chan cellor of New York University. Meetings Are Open Students, faculty, and residents of State College have been in vited to attend the plenary ses sions and the panel meetings. Although newspaper work has been his career, Cowles has de voted much of his time to work ing with various institutions of learning and organizations con nected with them. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard Univer sity in 1920, he holds honorary degrees from Grinnell College, Boston University, and James town College in North Dakota. He was given a Centennial Award from Northwestern Uni versity. Holds High Offices Cowles is also chairman of the board of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Co., a director of General Mills, Inc., a director of Equitable Life Insurance Co. of lowa, and a director of the First National Bank of Minneapolis. From 1944 io 1950 Cowles was a member of the board of over seers of Harvard. He was presi dent of the Harvard Alumni As sociation in 1953 and 1954, and a trustee of Phillips Exeter from 1936 to 1954. Organization Offices At present Cowles is a member of the National Citizens Commis sion for the Public Schools, a trustee of the Ford Foundation, a trustqp of tin. Gardner Owles Foundation, a trustee of the Eis enhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc., a trustee of Carleton College, a trustee of the Minneapolis Foundation, and a trustee of the Minneapolis Art Institute. Cowles, in his work with insti tutions of learning, was selected as a member of this year’s Com mittee for the White House Con- Ho me Ec College Gets First Part of Grant The first installment of a re search grant from the Foremost Research Foundation has been received by the College of Home Economics. The grant, which was received by Dr. Katherine H. Fisher, as sistant professor of foods and nutrition, and Dr. Grace Hender son, dean of the College of Home Economics, will be used to sup port a study on the relation of bone density and calcium in the diet. ference on Education. Cowles will speak at the Con vocation on the subject of learn ing in relation to a land-grant in stitution, the purpose of the event. It is hoped that/ possible solu tions for the problems of a land grant institution will come from the exchange and development of ideas at the Convocation. thru the Locking Glass By Gabbi Well at last, there’s been some thing done around here to be stow a little glory on that guy who pays the bills (and never complains??) Sure there’s Fa ther’s Day, but we all can’t take claim on that one—now for his birthday, your anniver sary ETHEL’S has a men’s department cliche but com plete. Man, that's real pleasure— Bar supplies for his home equipment office (or home away from home—after all it’s wherever the heart is) but magnificent and modern are the gold and black highball glasses, silver martini mixers, flasks swathed in leather, or brass ill bucket—gadzooks but we could go on ad infintum. How would you like to be King for a Day? with solid looking objects that seem as bound and determined as the human male. Heavy silver book-ends with sculptured let ters their big feature, or for the Black Beauty fans, horses heads—high and mighty. Sta tuesque beauty. We know the aesthetic male will enjoy for ever. Masculinity equals heather and tweeds Smell that mixture 79, the feel of old suede, Steve Allen playing Autumn Leaves—sure you do! And you can well ap preciate the leather desk sets, dopp kits, tie cases, jewelery boxes, wallets and leather cases that ETHELS has await ing your selection. Gals you can enjoy the wry ness of ETHELS—the guy may have the occasion, but we know who has the taste—just remembered an appointment— bye now! &£^fifi££S6 tit I. (0111(1 AVI. tTAti (Him, rt. PAGE FIVE
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